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February 2 6 ,1992...The Portland Observer...Page 5 ' 1 M a c L trre n S c h o o l M i n o r i t y y o u t h C o n c e rn s i n c o n ju n c tio n w ith n .y .c .A .p . Mi.itori.lij tjouih Cocnem s A c tio n P rogram p r o u d l y p r e s e n ts th e 1992 f ita c h H is to r y M o n th ^A sse m b ly titled “P e a c e, L o v e 8c U n ity ” f r i c i u y , F e b r u a r y 28, 1992 f r o m 1:00 p . m . to 3:00 p . m , i n th e M u c L u re n A u d i t o r i u m W o o d b u r n , O reg o n fo r m ore ittfo rm a tto n please co n tac t u s a t 982-4450 Peninsula Little League Sign-Ups Boys Tee-Ball -- 6 to 8 years Girls Tee-Ball - 6 to 9 years Girls Softball - 10 to 15 years Boys Baseball - 6 to 15 years SIGN UPS Saturday, February 8,1992 -1 1 :0 0 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. -- Peninsula Park Saturday, February 15,1992 - 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. - Peninsula Park Saturaday, February 22,1992 - 1 1 :00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. - Peninsula Park Saturday, February 29,1992 - 1 1 W A.M. to 2:00 P.M. - Peninsula Park TRY OUTS Saturday, February 29,1992 - 1 1 :00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. -- Peninsula Park Saturday, March 7,1992 - 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. - Irving Park Saturday, March 14,1992 - 1 1 :00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. - Irving Park Saturday, March 21,1992 --1 1 :00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. - Peninsula Park You Must Attend At Least Two (2) Try Outs Deadline for sign ups is March 28,1992 at 5:00 P.M. - Late registrations forms must be delivered to 6204 No. Moore, Portland, Oregon 97217. 284-4805 Keith Edwards, President; 287-7382 Chuck Washington, Vice-President; 289-8306 Corrine Porter, Vice- President of Softball; 287-4400 Marilyn Britton, Secretary; and 289- 3406 Shirley Beers, Team Player Agent. Registration Fees: $15:00 per child, $25.00 per family) These registrations Fees are Donations and Tax Deductible. A Photocopy Of Your Child(ren)’s Birth Certificate Is Required. ZS NBA Great Julius Erving to Guest MVP Banquet set him apart from the rest. Dr. J., as he was better known during his playing career, changed the complexion o f the game with his creativity and aerial ex pertise. T oday, Julius E rving serves as spokesman and consultant for several large companies, including Coca Cola Bottling Company, Converse, Spalding and Hardee’s. He also assists NBA com missioner David Stem in an am bassado rial role with NBA International. Tickets for the banquet, scheduled to begin at6:30 p.m., are available at the Memorial Coliseum box office. Cost is $30 per person. Fans that wish to vote for their M illerG cnuineD raft/PortlandTrail Blazers Most Valuable Player will find < sions, 1977 and 1983. ballots wherever Miller G enuine Draft is F ollow ing the 1980-81 seaso n , sold. Ballots are also available at the ' Erving earned the league’s highest indi- Trail Blazers office, 700 N.E. Multnomah i vidual award when he was voted the Street, Portland, Oregon 97232, and at i regular season MVP award. However, it selected Trail Blazers games. * was his artistic approach to the game that O ne o f the N ational B asketball i A sso ciatio n ’s all-tim e g reats, Julius ! Erving, will be the keynote speaker at the ; 9th Annual M iller G enuine Drafl/Trail I Blazers Most Valuable Player Banquet I on Sunday, M arch 22, at M emorial Coli- I seum. Erving’s 16-year career was filled with brilliance, excitem ent and many achievem ents as a player in the NBA and American Basketball Association. His better than .500 field goal average and 30,000 points are Hall o f Fame creden tials. Julius was named to the NBA All- Sj Star team in each of his 11 seasons with 5 the Philadelphia 76ers and won the All- 5 Star G am e’s MVP award on two occa- i Crazy Hat Luncheon To Be Held At The YWCA BY D. BELL The Y.W .C.A. o f Portland N orth east Center will be holding a Crazy Hat Luncheon March 7 from noon to 2 p.m. It will feature those in attendance w ear ing novelty headwear. There will be first, second, and third prizes aw arded for the m ost original hats. There will also be a door prize. The luncheon will be held at the N ortheast Center located at 5630 N. E. M artin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Proceeds from the event will go toward funding three youth program s housed at the Northeast Center: Young Families Pro gram , a teen parent program for teen mothers 19 years old and younger: L.E.A.D. Afterschool Program , which serves children 6-11 years old: and the Girls Support Group for girls 12-14 years old. Mary Sanders-M iller, A dm inistra tor, N.E. Center, has been with the Y.W .C.A. for two years. During this time she says there has been a trem en dous amount o f change at the center. The mortgage on the present building, which was purchased in 1987, has been paid off with the help o f a $25,000 m atching fund grant received from Burlington Northern in 1991. TheCen- ter still owes $39,000 to the Portland Development Commission for build ing remodeling cost. Tw o new programs were added in 1991 includingthe Mother M entor Pro gram for homeless women. They re ceive assistance in developing house hold skills, budgeting, and nutrition. These women are usually in their early twenties. The other new program is the Girls Support Group; the support ad dresses issues concerning 12-14 year old girls. They becom e involved in pregnancy prevention, speakers talk to them, and go on field trips. The Mother M entor Program is funded by a $89 ,0 0 0 g ra n t from Multnomah County, and the Girls Sup port Group received $7,000 start up grant from Oregon Com m unity Fund Foundation. The Luncheon was organized by the Y.W .C.A. Center advisory board. For more information contact Carolyn Brown at 283-4692. ALBERTA STREET MARKET IS A GREAT PLACE TO SHOP LOCATED AT 915 N.E. ALBERTA 281-6388 AND PRESCOTT CORNER MARKET LOCATED AT 1460 N.E. PRESCOTT IS HERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY” We Need Your Help!!!! POSITIVE PEOPLE TO SERVE YOU AT ALL TIMES! STOP BY AND SEE JACK AND CREW. For Best Results Advertise in the Observer ALBERTA STREET HOURS 8AM TIL MIDNIGHT, PRESCOTT CORNER MARKET HOURS 8AM TIL 12:30 PM. HALIBUT STEAKS Pre-frosted 4 One of the Northwest's Largest Wig Displays Wigs and Hairpieces For all Nationalities FRESH FILLETS of RED SNAPPER MP,ot»s'wS CLAM CHOWDER PACIFIC FRESH Synthetic & Human Hair For Braiding & Weevlng Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm 282-1664 Saturday 10:00 am • 5:30 pm 1105 NE Broadway Blazer Alumni Game Holy Redeemer Area School vs. Blazer Alumni Team Date: Monday, April 13,at Cen tral Catholic High School We need a team....players who can make it up and down the court and who would like to play against the professionals who made the Trail blazers famous! Each team member will play a quarter. If you are inter ested in hearing more about this call: Jerry W hite, Director of Player Per sonnel (285-8986) or Sister Jane Hibbard, Assistant (283-5197) Interstate Little League Signups and Tryouts Signups and tryouts will be held February 22nd and 29th at Arbor Lodge Park for baseball and softball. Signups are from 10:00 to Noon. Tryouts are: 8 year olds -9 :3 0 ,9 year olds - 10:30,10 year olds - 11:30,11 and 12 year o ld s - 12:30. M ust attend at least two tryouts. Contact Jan Koenig for additional in formation - 289-6761. Formation Of A Minority Business Association Nathan Probey has announced the formation of a Minority Business A sso ciation dedicated to obtaining work for minority subcontractors in theconstruc- tion industry and assisting general con tractors in achieving their minority con tracting goals on their projects. “The em phasis will be on qualified minority subcontractors. This will in clude experience and training as well as liability insurance and w orkers’ com pensation and anything else the general contractor requires,” said Mr. Probey. “In addition, all o f the minority businesses who belong to our associa tion will be signatory to a union labor agreement. This will alleviate prob lems for the general contractor as well as providing a source of trained quali fied employees to the m inority contrac tors.” “Our association is fortunate to have retained the services o f Mr. J.D. Hutchison, President of J D Hutchison & Associates a m anagement consulting firm in Lake Oswego. Mr. Hutchison will provide assistance on drug testing, workers’ compensation, labor relations, and EEO,” Mr. Probey said. Local Student Chosen to See America’s Cup ‘92 Craig M. Johnson of Tigard, OR, a student at Tigard High School, has been chosen to represen t Oregon at the AT&T Sports Journalism Conference March 14-19 in San Diego, Calif. The 51 winners were selected from outstanding applications from high school journalists received from all 50 states and the District o f Columbia. Students will be based at Point Lom a Nazarene College during a week o f sports journalism activities and in struction tied to A m erica’s Cup ’92, the world-renowned international sailing competition. Students will attend post-race press conferences, file daily reports for use by hometown media outlets and inter act with professional television, radio and print journalists and photo-journal ists. They also will meet sports celebri ties such as boxer Terry Norris and tennis players Rod Laver and Roscoe Tanner. Four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded at the conclusion o f the con ference. NAACP Youth Council Plans Workshops and Luncheon The public is invited to attend the Portland N AACP Youth Council’s Con ference at the Best W estern Inn. 10N . W eidler, from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm on Saturday, February 29. Two workshops will be offered: the first workshop will exam ine tech niques to use in developing leadership skills. The facilitator will be Bill Nixon, Human Resources M anager for the W estern Region of Digital Corpora tion. The second workshop will focus on the N A A CP’s ACT-SO program for high school youth and will be presented by Lucious Hicks, local coordinator for the Portland Branch. A special luncheon program will focus on the history o f the NAACP and the importance of joining the Youth Council o f A m erica’s oldest civil rights organization. Youth o f ages are invited to attend. Cost to the public is $5 for chil dren, $12 for adults. Call Judy Boyer at 284-1044 for more information.